February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

SolarRain (@solarrainuk)

progress: 15

winner!
joined: February 6 2011
location: Somewhere, UK
influences: Tangerine Dream, Brian Eno, Helios, Jon Hopkins, Ulrich Schnauss, Boards of Canada, Hammock, Way Out West, Vangelis, Air, Sigur Rós, Trentemøller

Bio

Greetings! I'm Pat, a.k.a. SolarRain a.k.a. State Azure, producer of electronic music from the UK attempting my 2nd FAWM (2012).

This year I plan to experiment a little, think outside the box and try to focus more on interesting rhythms and atmospheres while taking a more minimal approach.

During December 2011 I released my debut album 'Outlines' which you can find here: http://stateazure.bandcamp.com/ it features many songs that were conceived during FAWM and 50/90 of 2011.

Good luck to everyone!

2012 Songs

1	Silhouettes	22 comments // 3 months ago
2	Floodlights	12 comments // 3 months ago
3	Jurupa (with djsonik)	7 comments // 3 months ago
4	Mindloop	15 comments // 3 months ago
5	Sacred Echoes	12 comments // 3 months ago
6	Lost In A Daydream	12 comments // 3 months ago
7	Panacea	6 comments // 3 months ago
8	Candles	11 comments // 3 months ago
9	The Beast Within (with evelbist)	6 comments // 3 months ago
10	Slowly Awake	9 comments // 3 months ago
11	Memento	9 comments // 3 months ago
12	Images (with leslie)	11 comments // 3 months ago
13	Contours (with adforperu)	15 comments // 3 months ago
14	Cut	4 comments // 2 months ago
15	Geometries	2 comments // 2 months ago

Soundboard

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iocanepower 2 months ago

Thanks for giving us a listen this month, Pat! Hope we kept you entertained.
looprication 2 months ago

Yeah, what @theawkwardsleep said. You're one of my heroes man.
theawkwardsleep 3 months ago

i know its late in the game, but maybe we could do a collaboration after fawm madness is over? rupa.nataraj@gmail.com let me know either way.
adforperu 3 months ago

Emailed! Forgot to say the chords, which I'm sure you can work out but to save you a few seconds..

Bm, A, D, G (ad infinitum)
leslie 3 months ago

It's absolutely beautiful! I love it! Thanks, Pat. Let's do that again some time.
adforperu 3 months ago

Ok, I have something for you - what's your email address please?
adforperu 3 months ago

Think I''ve got something for you which I shall email across tomorrow. It's very basic and isn't a complete song, it's basically two parts (over the same chord sequence) so do as you please
leslie 3 months ago

If you email me - leslie<at>paintedred<dot>com - I'll send you a zip of both.
leslie 3 months ago

Ok, I've played around in Cm on the piano, and it's a midi track, so I can send you the .wav of the piano VST I have and/or the midi. (That is when husband gets home and exports/uploads it for me.) Then you can splice it and do what you like with what's useful. Sound good?
adforperu 3 months ago

That sounds good to me, I've been playing with a new slow and minimal acoustic track so that could be perfect! Can play to a click no problem.. will try get something emailed across over the weekend
tizzdizz 3 months ago

Thanks for the comments on my songs. I've watchlisted you, so far I dig your style!
johnq 3 months ago

Haha, my 1200W sub was fine; it's the neighbors I'm worried about! Both Slowly and Candles sounded awesome!
ego093 3 months ago

Pat - any chance you'd be interested in doing a writeup about your process and setup? I'd love to get a glimpse into how you do what you do.
scottlake 3 months ago

I just listened to your EP on SoundCloud - more great stuff. I wish there would be some way I could watch your methods - simply love it. I forgot how I found out about Loodma, but I definitely heard a match.
scottlake 3 months ago

I had no idea you had released an EP with Loodma! I really like Kaori Breathe on that label. What's your artist name on the label?
adforperu 3 months ago

Hey man, what's the likelihood of a collaboration? I'm not sure what we'd do or how we'd do it, like..
leslie 3 months ago

Update: Sorry for the delay! @iocanepower songs keep hogging my attention. Tomorrow I'm in the studio, so I'll work on what you sent me on Thursday. Just so you know I haven't forgotten!
looprication 3 months ago

Hey There, sorry, just mistakenly reported abuse on one of your posts on @evelbist's page... so so sorry!!!!
evelbist 3 months ago

from the first note i knew it was genius ... you are amazing i hope you like what i do with it
evelbist 3 months ago

darn, i couldnt get sendspace to load, my virus checker stopped it when the sendspace installer was loading a bflix, or weatherbug or something whatever. is that file a wav or zip? you could attach it and email it to me. i dont understand why these cloud based services always try to outdo one another by adding to your toolbar or installing themselves as the default browser ...
evelbist 3 months ago

hi pat - thanks! wav is fine, rar or zip. i dont have a sendspace acct, will i need one to get it from there? Or you could email it to me: zr1rob2002@ yahoo. com (i left the spaces to hopefully thwart some bots)
evelbist 3 months ago

Pat, please understand i'm not overstating my admiration of your talents. i feel honored that you would even consider doing a colab with me. I just meant to say that if you hear the way i hear the song, and the lyrics, then do your own thing. i will sing over your version, and/or add guitar if it will help. I just want to see what happens when ...
evelbist 3 months ago

i just threw it together today just to hear what it could be like but when i started using the flanging guitar, i was really hoping you would take it in your special direction. start with the mp3 and lyrics, but i dont have any help for you after that. do with it as you wish, i know it will be great.
evelbist 3 months ago

how about let's do something with 'the beast within'? its on my page
evelbist 3 months ago

if you have the inclination, i have a song we could make collaboration. let me know.
dragondreams 3 months ago

Hi Pat. And thank you!
seantwright 3 months ago

thanks, Pat, for the kind comments about the songs.
dftaylor 3 months ago

I've got a little idea that I'll knock together against a click - how do you prefer to share files? I tend to work at 24-bit, 48khz - is that ok?
leslie 3 months ago

(sigh.. @Errol)

Edit: Listened and LOVED. Let me play with some piano bits tomorrow. Then you can do what you like with them. Sound good?
evelbist 3 months ago

when i heard patrick ohearn almost 25 years ago, i was hooked. i pronounce you the second coming.

@leslie: download 7zip to extract rar
leslie 3 months ago

SR, I don't know what to do with a .rar file. I can't open it!
leslie 3 months ago

I like the sound of that. Good plan. Sleep well!
leslie 3 months ago

Let me think about it. My initial thought was to send you strands of piano notes to play with, rather than a whole song, but hmm... Thinking!
dftaylor 3 months ago

Hey dude - fancy doing a collab? I need some new routes to go down on top of my pop-rock-country-soul vibe. Let me know. Loving your stuff still - just beautiful sounds.
leslie 3 months ago

Ok, every time I listen to your sculpted layers of sound I think, I want in on this! Can I help with something? Anything?
injerabreath 3 months ago

Awesome Thanks! you had the intended reaction. more to come soon. a lil behind at the moment.
leslie 3 months ago

The raw material for Hammerhead came from conversations with Kristian, but I don't know. I just really like turning a phrase and getting it to do exactly what I want it do even when it protests.
loljosh0106 3 months ago

Thanks so much for the feedback, it really means a lot! Yeah, unfortunately the samples aren't velocity sensitive, so I'll have to choose between loud and louder... =/ Looking forward to hearing what you do this year!
djsonik 3 months ago

Thanks for inviting me this year Pat! I'm very glad to be apart of FAWM2012 :]
radioovermoscow 3 months ago

Cheers boss! I've had a good start to FAWM this year, let's see how long it keeps up...
leslie 3 months ago

Glad you enjoyed it. It was fulfilling to compose (and quantize..)
ptr 3 months ago

Hey, thanks so very much for checking out my Transgalactica track! I was really unsure about it but you and others have really boosted my confidence with your kind words
leslie 3 months ago

Hi SR! I'll have to take a listen to your album as soon as I can. Thanks for the support - we're still in the recording phase. @kristian is his usual awesome self. Have a great FAWM!
kristian 3 months ago

Great to see you again; you're music is all kinds of awesome!
looprication 3 months ago

Looks like you're back, you're on my watchlist, so I'll be watching... cheers!
bking 3 months ago

Hi Pat, glad you're here. Happy FAWMing!
chasingandromeda 3 months ago

Hope you are coming back!